Melissa on the road

Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC...), writer, (first book on Bristol's music/art; e-book on African art), I also work on films, as a journalism lecturer, and a contributor to the New Arab, Art UK, etc. Born in Paris, I was based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and Bristol, UK. I also travelled to Italy, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq... My passions: Africa, music, arts... This blog is to share my work and cultural discoveries.

03/03/2017

Video from inside Banksy's Hotel in Bethlehem

"The worst view in the world"... And a museum of the history of the region since the Balfour Declaration...

The latest: on Channel 4

Banksy documentary: Welcome to the Banksy art hotel in Bethlehem

Published on 5 Mar 2017

It’s billed as the hotel with “the worst view in the world”. The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem has opened its doors, packed with art works by Banksy.

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Welcome to the wall: artist Banksy opens Bethlehem hotel

Published on 3 Mar 2017

Under an army watchtower and across the street from the concrete wall Israel has built in parts of the occupied West Bank, street artist Banksy has opened a guesthouse in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. Scarlett Cvitanovich reports.

On Channel 4:

Published on 3 Mar 2017

Krishnan Guru Murthy in Bethlehem, getting the first tour of Banksy's Walled Off Hotel.

Banksy's new "Walled Off Hotel" in Bethlehem, Palestine - pt 1